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ItemNo Preview AvailableWhat responses, approaches to treatment, and other supports are effective in assisting refuges who have experienced sexual and gender-based violence?(University of Birmingham, 2019)Violence, insecurity, persecution, and human rights violations have led to the forced displacement of an estimated 68.5 million people as of 2018 (UNHCR, 2018a). Of those 68.5 million, 25.4 million are refugees - the highest number ever recorded; 3.1 million are asylum seekers; and 40 million are internally displaced (UNHCR, 2018a). Humanitarian emergencies exacerbate the unequal power relations and structural inequalities that underpin the sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) experienced by girls and women, as well as boys and men (UNOCHA, 2016). In some humanitarian emergencies, more than 70 percent of women have experienced gender-based violence and an estimated one in five displaced women will experience sexual violence (UN Women, 2017). Conflict-related sexual violence against men and boys has been documented around the world, though data to determine prevalence are limited (Solangon & Patel, 2012). Following displacement, and even after permanent resettlement, different kinds of insecurity such as breakdown of family and community networks, shifting gender roles, and limited access to resources can also increase the risk of SGBV. Responses to SGBV need to adapt to varying contexts and needs across the refugee journey, however there is no comprehensive evidence base for understanding how these needs evolve at different points for people on the move. This working paper is a critical overview of the current state of knowledge on responses to SGBV for refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons across all stages of the refugee journey.
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ItemFaith communities supporting health family relationships: Technical paper( 2019)This technical paper summarises the current state of knowledge about how faith communities, and in particular how faith leaders, can best respond to and prevent family violence and violence against women. It has been developed as part of the first phase of the Faith Communities Supporting Health Family Relationships Participatory Action Research Project with the Multifaith Advisory Group.
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ItemAttitudes Towards Violence Against Women and Gender Equality Among People from Non-English speaking Countries: Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS)(Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety, 2019)This report presents key findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey focusing on results for survey respondents who were born in a country where English is not the main language spoken (referred to as N-MESC)1. It draws on other existing research to better understand the findings. Findings for the community as a whole, young people and Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders are explored in other dedicated reports. These, along with further detailed findings and methodological information, can be found on the ANROWS website www.ncas.anrows.org.au.
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ItemPromoting disability inclusion in sexual and reproductive health research and programming: Experiences from W-DARE( 2018-12-18)Research background: Throughout the W-DARE project, women with disabilities and Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) were involved across research activities in a range of roles; including as decision-makers, co-researchers, disability experts, program facilitators and participants. There are a range of established benefits to actively engaging people with disabilities as researchers and research partners, and participatory research approaches that support and enable the participation of women with disabilities, are widely viewed as effective and appropriate ways of involving women with disabilities in research. However, actively engaging women with disabilities as decision-makers and members of the research team is a relatively unique approach in many places. This could be due to negative assumptions about the capacity of women with disabilities to conduct research, as well as a lack of knowledge and awareness amongst researchers and policy-makers about why they should engage women with disabilities in research, and how they can partner with women with disabilities and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to design and implement research projects. Research contribution: These guidelines aim to promote the active inclusion of women with disabilities in SRH research and programming in the Philippines and other similar settings. Research significance: These guidelines will have relevance for researchers, policymakers, service providers and practitioners who would like to engage women and men with disabilities in efforts to strengthen disability inclusive SRH research, services, policy and programming. The usefulness of these guidelines is not restricted to those conducting research about SRH. Much of the content of these guidelines will be of use to those wishing to involve women with disabilities in research, on any topic. These guidelines can be used in conjunction with other available guidelines on disability inclusion in research and programming, a list of which can be found at the back of these guidelines.
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ItemPhysical violence and property crime reported by people with and without disability in New South Wales 2002-2015(Centre for Disability Research and Policy, The University of Sydney, 2017)
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ItemNo Preview AvailablePromoting the rights of people with psychosocial disability in development programs(Australian National Un, 2016)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableA state of knowledge review of the evidence on media representations of violence against women and their children.(Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety, 2015)
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ItemWorld Vision: Gender Equality Study(World Vision Australia, 2014)